coolant temp advise

[talon187]

ok all my mods are in my profile. right now i have a spal fan i believe its 12inch and a flyinde radator alum one. my stock temp gauge goes wild but thats besides the point. my aftermaket guage sits at 180ish most of the time. ive seen around 200ish on a super hot day. today its not really hot and i saw 190 and going up when i was leting the car idel. the one fan i have right now stays on all the time. do you guys think a second spal fan would help me out big time or not really ? any input would be great thanks guys

 

[JusMX141]

It's not good for the fan to let it run all the time. While driving, it's being forced by the airflow that is hitting it. You'll eventually end up burning up the fan motor.

I have (2) 12" pushers on my FWD and on my buddy's AWD (neither car has A/C). We have them wired up so you can run one on a toggle (for the racetrack so the fan can run without the key switch on) or both when the engine needs both to run.....I've rarely if ever seen the passenger's fan come on (the one that operates from the sender) which leads me to believe that one would be sufficient; however, I feel better having both.

 

[Defiant]

Those are cool running temperatures for a DSM. Divert your panic to the next thing.

 

[Artago]

Those are cool running temperatures for a DSM. Divert your panic to the next thing.

Haha... I wish my idle temp was 200

Mines 222+ @ daytime but two more fans and an oil cooler are in the mail

 

[blcknspo0ln]

I was about to say, 190 is pretty damned good. I usually float from 186-193*F depending on the way I drive my car. This is with a 1" radiator + 13" SPAL fan on all the time via dsmlink.